Open vSwitch Windows installer
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This project generates a MSI installer for Open vSwitch on Windows, including
CLI executables, services and the Hyper-V vswitch forwarding extension.
Requirements
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Visual Studio 2013 community, professional, premium or ultimate edition
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Visual Studio Community 2013 is freely available at:
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx
WiX Toolset 3.9
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Download and install from:
http://wixtoolset.org/releases/v3.9/stable
Microsoft_VC120_CRT_x86.msm
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This Windows merge module is available with Visual Studio and contains the
Visual C++ 2013 x86 runtime redistributables files.
Copy the file in the *Redist* directory.
Open vSwitch installer
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The installer will be generated under the following path:
* windows\ovs-windows-installer\bin\Release\OpenvSwitch.msi
Note: the kernel driver needs to be signed.
Build instructions
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Build the solution in the Visual Studio IDE or via command line:
msbuild ovs-windows-installer.sln /p:Platform=x86 /p:Configuration=Release
Silent installation
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msiexec /i OpenvSwitch.msi ADDLOCAL=OpenvSwitchCLI,OpenvSwitchDriver /l*v log.txt
